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UMiimA
SATURDAY DEO 26 28i
Bkownsvillk eepraa destiu
p3 to be shortly prft in direct
communication with Corpus
Christ through the construc
tion of a long distance tele
phone line now under way
Thanks for this improvement
will be due to several of onr
large ranch owners It will br
a great advantage to our citi
zens in more ways than 8ne
TnE immense fortune built
up by the late Jay Gould is
said to be on the decline If the
value thus lost shonid repre
sent a corresponding gain by
people in need of more wealth
his shrinkage need not be re
gretted but it probably means
merely the addition of more
millions to the exchecquer of
some rival millionaires Mean
while the decline in the Goulds
crreat and varied railroad stocks
rnay oanse a cutting down of
rates among their thousands of
employes which will result in
great hardship for them A rich
mans loss generally means a
pain by Pom other rich man
or the sharks th U prey upon
pucL and the poor most fre
qu ntly come out at the little
end of the horn no matter
which way the tide of wealth
turns
ANOTHER CLAIMANT
Winner of the AngloVenezue
lan Dispute Must Reckon
with Brazil
New York December 22
The Heralds correspondent in
Rio de JanieroBraziI telegraphs
that it is semiofficially an
a > g > g > og > e >
I BE
snoods
ru that the Brazilian gov
ernment is in possession of
documents of the greatest itn
portance relating to that por
tion of Guiana which is now in
dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela These docu
ments it is Baid give satis
factory proof that the property
lies within the authority of
Brazil It ia also asserted by
persons in the confidence of
England is settled Brazil will
formally present her title to
the territory and expects to
triumph over all claimants
Brazils claim in the disput
ed district comprises a portion
also now under dispute between
that country and Brazil It is
said that her claim is of a more
recent date than the others It
is said that Brazil was disturb
ed over the apppearance of
British troops in the ter
ritory in question property
in dispute English missiona
ries then in the territory de
clnred it to be neutral a final
settlement could he arrived at
It is said that Brazil will now
advnnce her claim to all of the
Ufiian and delta territories
This includes the central gold
fields in which are nn less than
three towns Guanchipti El
calmo and Tnmeremo The
claim also involved the posses
sion of rich sugar estates and
profitable grazing lands
London Dec 22 In Brazil
ian quarters here it is denied
that Brazil has any claim on
Venezuelan lerritory as stated
in n dispatch from Buenos
Ayre8
The U S Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
euoerJor to all others
6m
Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly every
body at this neaaon Tho hustlers cease to
push the tireless grow weary the ener
getic become enervated You know Just
what we mean Borne men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Peeling by great force of will But this
la uncafe as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system which will not stand
long
the government that When I lie suchstrain Too many people work on
dispute between Venezuela andtheirnerVM BndthereauUl88eeillnun
r I fortunato wrecks marked nervous pros
tration in every direction That tired
Ing is a positive proof of thin weak im
pure blood for if the blood is rich red
vitalized and vigorous it imparts life and
energy to every nerve organ and tissue
of the body Tho necessity of taking
Hoods Barsaparilla for that tired feeling
is therefore apparent to every one an
tho good it will do you is equally beyond
question Remember that
OO
Sarsapariila
Is the One True Blood Purifier All druggists SI
Prepared only by C I Hood Co Lowell Mass
are easy to take easy
Moods PlIIS to operate 23cents
TURK MET GREEK
London Dec 22 An
Athens dispatch to the Daily
News says that a desperate
fight occurred on Sunday at
Prophetalias in Olympus dis
trict between a Turkish de
tachment eighty strong con
veying an investigation com
mittee of eighty Turks and
officials and Greek insurgent
band under Veloudas The
whole of the Turkish commit
tee and twenty four of the
Turkish detachment were
killed the insurgents losing
only four killed
Only a few more days until Christmas Dont wart until the last minute but come at once
and examine our assortment of Holiday Presents Onr stock consists of the finest
selection of Sterling Silver Leather Goods Perfumery and all kinds of Toilet
Articles You can find at our store suitable presents for your husband
wife sweetheart or the children
Our line of
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ver
S0MS1STS OF
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sing Conibs Scarff Fasteners
Naif Fifes Beits Kelt Pins
ScrssorSi Link Button Etc
Our immense stock of
Leather Goods
Such as
Purses Card Cases Dres
sing Cases Guff and Collar
t
Boxes Etc is complete
Partial list of
Our Olher Good s
are
Manicure Sets Mirrows
Box Paper Brush Stands
Cigar Cases Combs Hair Nail
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A cordial invitation is extended to everybody to call and take a look at our large display of
Good goods and prices that cannot be descounted
Coiner oLBligabeth and IZih streets
EUROPEAN
PEACEMAKERS
Powers Cool Down the
Dons
London Dec 22 A spe
cial dispatch from Paris says it
is suggested that Great Bri
tain France and Italy the
three powers most closely in
terested ofier their services in
the Cuban question in order
to prevent a conflict between
Spain and the United States
and to terminate the revolu
tion
MEXICAN SOLDIERS
DESERT
El Paso Texas Dec 22
Last night four Mexican sol
diers from Juarez made a break
for liberty and as the deserters
with their guns in their hands
and in fall uniform were run
ning across the bridge Will
Watson United States custom
inspector at the American end
of the bridge not knowing that
the men were deserting called
on them to halt One of the
soldiers threw his gun to his
shoulder and fired point plank
at the inspector s head but the
inspector saved himself by
dodging as soon as the gun
was presented He drew his
pistol and fired three shots at
the deserters as they ran up
the street and it is thought he
badly wounded one of the sol
diers who fell but soon regain
ed his feet and ran away leav
ing his hat and gun behind
Mexico will ask for the ex
tradition of the soldiers on the
charge of stealing government
property in taking their guris
with them
ARMY MATTERS
Washington D C Dec 21
Second Lieut Powell Clay
ton Jr 5th Cav is granted
ten days leave of alsence Sec
and Lieut Samuel G Jones
Jr 5th Cav is ordered before
the Haskell board at Fort
Leavenworth for examination
as to fitness for promotion
Second Lieut Sawyer Blanch
ard isc Art is relieved at
Fort Sam Houston and upon
expiration of leave will join his
battery
8rJFSS5JS SS3 SZ3ENCS
Women arc the real heroes of the
world Thousands on thousands of them
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Madrid
Dec 22 The cat
net meeting today was presided
Suggestion That Three of the over by Senor Canovas de Cas
tillo president of the council
It is believed that the cabinet
considered President Cleve
lands message as far as it
dealt with the Cuban question
and also measures for the
coast defense and increase of
the fleet The newspapers
here praise the activity shown
by General Azacarga minister j
of war which according to re
port included the distribution
of pamphlets among leading
Spanish army officers describ
ing die military condition of
the United States The news
papers on the other hand cen repty to President Cleveland s
sure the delays by the minister message through diplomatic
of marine
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session today not to make any
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prefer pain to humiliation Ciutoni has W
made tliein believe the only hope of A
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thorough posted but has no time to
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